A unique multidisciplinary service catering specifically to larger patients and building the capability of healthcare services to provide equitable and excellent obesity care has started up in Melbourne. Founder Nadia Walton says demand for the service has been high.

Staring into the white abyss of the coldest, windiest and driest desert on the planet, Donna Urquhart was hit with the enormity of her challenge—running a 1300-kilometre ultramarathon in Antarctica to beat the Guinness World Record. Geared up and standing on the snow, it was now or never.

Stacey Cleary and her colleague Prue Morgan talk about co-designing ‘CP-Pathfinding’, a lifestyle program to empower young adults with cerebral palsy navigate the adult world.

JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY The April issue of the Journal answers some important questions about clinical physiotherapy practice, writes the scientific editor, Mark Elkins.

Sasha Job won the Physiotherapy Research Foundation Physio Pitchfest 2023 People’s Choice Award at the APA conference last October for her proposed beach accessibility manual handling training course.

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery have an increased risk of developing postoperative pulmonary complications, which are both expensive and dangerous.

Dr David Munro of the APA Sports and Exercise national group presents five discussion points about the aetiology, prevention and management of sports-related concussion.

Dance has been shown to be good for both the minds and bodies of people as they age. Nancy Low Choy Memorial Gerontology/Neurology Seeding Grant recipient Heidi Gilchrist outlines that carefully structured dance classes may also help prevent falls.

Jenny McConnell has become the first Australian—and the first physiotherapist—to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Patellofemoral Foundation, a subgroup of the International Patellofemoral Study Group. Jenny talks about the prestigious accolade and what it means for the physiotherapy profession.